Nutrient pollution is changing sounds in the sea

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Nutrient pollution emptying into seas from cities, towns and agricultural land is changing the sounds made by marine life — and potentially upsetting navigational cues for fish and other sea creatures, a new study has found…

Read Full Article, Science Daily; (06-06-2016)

A Rising Tide of Noise Is Now Easy to See, The New York Times (12-15-2012)

Navy study: Sonar, Blasts Might Hurt More Sea Life (05-14-2012)

Accoustic Pollution and Naval Sonar testing, Discover Magazine (01-26-2012)

Accoustic Pollution and Marine Mammals, Nature

Sonic Sea, Film Documentary; NRDC May 19th, 2016
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